User contributions for John3-16
9 October 2025
- 20:1520:15, 9 October 2025 diff hist +144 m Mako Added link to Sway's upstream wiki re dbus and updated variables accordingly, specifying XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=sway current
- 19:5519:55, 9 October 2025 diff hist +233 m Steam Amended dbus-update-activation-environment variables as per upstream wiki - github.com/swaywm/sway/wiki#systemd-and-dbus-activation-environments, specifying XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=sway current
- 19:3919:39, 9 October 2025 diff hist +21,181 Sway 1. Added 'Quickstart - config File'; 2. grammar amended. current
- 16:2416:24, 9 October 2025 diff hist +132 PipeWire 1. Passage "Verify that the above OpenRC user service is started" removed, currently redundant after "Issue the command $ rc-status -Ur to view and verify the current user runlevel as gui and default..."; 2. Added instruction to start wireplumber; 3. Added instruction to "enable" - i.e. autostart on next sessions - wireplumber at gui/default runlevel.
8 October 2025
- 17:4117:41, 8 October 2025 diff hist +1,598 Include:Upgrading to Edge Added "/usr merge" instructions current
7 October 2025
- 18:2118:21, 7 October 2025 diff hist +562 Talk:Sway Amended dbus-update-activation-environment variables as per upstream wiki - github.com/swaywm/sway/wiki#systemd-and-dbus-activation-environments ; maybe the line should be addressed before Pipewire and Screening, as it is required notwisthanding.
- 18:0118:01, 7 October 2025 diff hist −122 Sway Provided different alternatives for setting XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP, as use of xdg-desktop-portal requires more detailing.
- 16:0316:03, 7 October 2025 diff hist +18 Sway 1. 'Starting Sway' section moved after 'Configuration'; 2. Amended dbus-update-activation-environment variables as per upstream wiki - github.com/swaywm/sway/wiki#systemd-and-dbus-activation-environments ; 3. Added XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP management
- 15:5915:59, 7 October 2025 diff hist +1,025 Sway 1. 'Starting Sway' section moved after 'Configuration'; 2. Amended dbus-update-activation-environment variables as per upstream wiki - github.com/swaywm/sway/wiki#systemd-and-dbus-activation-environments ; 3. Added XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP management
2 October 2025
- 01:4001:40, 2 October 2025 diff hist +55 m Using an answerfile with setup-alpine Added syntax illustration for APKREPOSOPTS to add community repo in addition to CDN repo: "-1 -c" current
12 September 2025
- 17:4317:43, 12 September 2025 diff hist +2,105 Talk:OpenRC 1. Supporting Prabu's concerns re recent edits; 2. Discussion re "$ openrc -U" reverting to a certain runlevel; 3. Amended various root prompts back to user prompts current
- 16:5016:50, 12 September 2025 diff hist +194 OpenRC 1. Amended various prompts back to root; 2. {{Cmd|}} formatting instead of {{ic|}} except when inline or in bullet list; <var> code used for variables (ServiceName, runlevel) as per Template:Cmd; 3. Style amendments
11 September 2025
- 02:3702:37, 11 September 2025 diff hist −32 m REFInd 1. rEFInd described upstream as a boot manager; minor changes to that effect; 2. Added various template codes; 3. Style/grammar amendments current
- 02:1202:12, 11 September 2025 diff hist +678 m REFInd 1. rEFInd described upstream as a boot manager; minor changes to that effect; 2. Added various template codes; 3. style/grammar amendments
9 September 2025
- 12:0912:09, 9 September 2025 diff hist −79 Desktop environments and Window managers Removed Hikari from list of window managers: removed from repo Sept 2025 current
- 11:5511:55, 9 September 2025 diff hist +432 Hikari Page proposed for deletion: Hikari removed from repo [inactive since 2022], depends on outdated wlroots0.15. Note also to that effect under Install Hikari. [May be useful to keep page for some time for those who had installed it; could be left to the discretion of the wiki patroller(s) in due course.] https://gitlab.alpinelinux.org/alpine/aports/-/commit/88455a5c71a548b78dbea7e0cef7adaeba9c6462 ; https://gitlab.alpinelinux.org/alpine/aports/-/commit/d5712a730dc9f156e8d22d762dc655cbf224fa36 current
2 September 2025
- 07:5907:59, 2 September 2025 diff hist +276 N Talk:File management Query whether gvfs-dev alternative/substitute is available in Edge and v3.21-v3.22 current
- 07:5307:53, 2 September 2025 diff hist +955 File management 1.Added krusader,spacefm,vifm,xfe & yazi FMs; 2.Added ext links Lomiri,PostmarketOS,GNOME Files,LXDE,Cinnamon; 3.Added links to pkgs,mostly in GVfs table; 4. Added that gvfs-dev is only available in AL 3.19.x-3.20.x [also available in v3.14-3.18]; see Discussion re more recent releases; 5.Style/grammar amendments
29 August 2025
- 02:0502:05, 29 August 2025 diff hist +769 Bootloaders 1. Added availability of Unified Kernel Image in the introductory paragraph; 2. Moved rEFInd section after Syslinux section to respect order of listing; 3. Added phrase to check what would be the local path for syslinux.efi; 4. Added upstream link for Unified Stream Image; 5. Style/grammar amendments
27 August 2025
- 23:5823:58, 27 August 2025 diff hist −6 m Desktop environments and Window managers 1. Added sxmo* packages link for desktop environment; 2. Internal link to cosmic* packages for COSMIC desktop environment instead of external link.
24 August 2025
- 01:4001:40, 24 August 2025 diff hist +1,762 Sway 1.Added sample setup-desktop,dbus-run-session clis; 2.Added ext links DejaVu,Unicode,wlr-screencopy;int links PipeWire, user services; DBus link x1 only; 3.New tty1 block usefulness; 4.zzz now in community [since Alpine 3.18], not testing; 5.Added scaling subheadings; 6.Todo: update Nvidia passage; 7.Style amendments inc. title sentence headings (Help:Style); references to Sway compositor or desktop capitalised: cf. 'Output scaling for high resolution displays', etc; 8. sway_error line corrected
17 August 2025
- 04:2404:24, 17 August 2025 diff hist +1,574 N Alpine Linux talk:IRC Are further IRC channels relevant? Are some new?
11 August 2025
- 21:4421:44, 11 August 2025 diff hist +5,369 Talk:OpenRC Moving or removing various passages
- 20:5620:56, 11 August 2025 diff hist −422 m OpenRC Reverted to not adding the note from 9 August 2025 re pam, as per Discussion, 11 August 2025; plus reference to it.
9 August 2025
- 18:5218:52, 9 August 2025 diff hist +1,490 OpenRC 1. Added Note with link to upstream guide that discusses pam in the configuration of user services; 2. Added link to that section under 'PAM Support'; 2. Added indication about how adding pipewire-pulse service may be relevant with pipewire service 4. Added links for init (Wikipedia), agetty, busybox, cgroups v2; 5. Style amendments, including adding boldface to various runlevels
8 August 2025
- 16:3316:33, 8 August 2025 diff hist +413 Talk:OpenRC External link broken re inittab speedup method
- 16:2116:21, 8 August 2025 diff hist +2,143 N Talk:OpenRC Mention safer and quicker method to prevent slow startup by chronyd: editing /etc/conf.d/chronyd
24 July 2025
- 10:1810:18, 24 July 2025 diff hist +124 m File management Added lomiri-filemanager-app file manager
22 July 2025
- 04:2604:26, 22 July 2025 diff hist +730 Talk:PipeWire No edit summary
- 02:5502:55, 22 July 2025 diff hist +1 m Desktop environments and Window managers No edit summary
- 02:4202:42, 22 July 2025 diff hist +1,435 User talk:John3-16 Menus of the Packages and Docs pages appear to be currently lagging behind the menu from the main site current
- 01:3501:35, 22 July 2025 diff hist +31 m Desktop environments and Window managers Added lumina-desktop to listing of desktop environments
- 01:2301:23, 22 July 2025 diff hist +40 m Desktop environments and Window managers Added COSMIC to listing of desktop environments
- 01:0001:00, 22 July 2025 diff hist +88 m PipeWire Made explicit to consider two options now to launch Pipewire (though bespoke methods also could be implemented), enumerating the options.
20 July 2025
- 21:3521:35, 20 July 2025 diff hist +31 Alpine Linux:Overview →General overview current
- 21:3321:33, 20 July 2025 diff hist −11 Alpine Linux:Overview No edit summary
- 21:2821:28, 20 July 2025 diff hist +249 Alpine Linux:Overview 1. Added external links for bootup benchmarks(everybytecounts.org), use in containers (infoworld.com), postmarketOS (postmarketos.org),Position Independent Executables (Wikipedia); 2. Added link re 'Small+Simple+Secure'(alpinelinux.org/about)
- 20:2920:29, 20 July 2025 diff hist +123 m Tutorials and Howtos Added 'See also' external link to Dr Murphy Alpine Linux tutorials, guides
- 06:0606:06, 20 July 2025 diff hist +4 m Hikari '$' symbol added, as required, to XDG_CONFIG_HOME for touch and chmod instructions and similar.
- 05:5605:56, 20 July 2025 diff hist −10 m Desktop environments and Window managers Updated internal link for hikari from its package name to its wiki page.
- 05:5305:53, 20 July 2025 diff hist +103 User:John3-16/Hikari Marked this user sandbox page as 'Proposed for deletion', as now available in main wiki. This user page is no longer being updated. current
- 05:4805:48, 20 July 2025 diff hist +22,348 N Hikari Created Hikari page on main wiki, including a minor style amendment. Had attempted to move the user sandbox version instead (https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/wiki/User:John3-16/Hikari) but had no 'move' rights. It will be proposed for deletion.
- 05:1505:15, 20 July 2025 diff hist +150 User:John3-16/Hikari 1. Amended style; 2. Added 'doas' to chown a file; 3. Cleaned-up 'action-' bindings passage; 4. Closed bracket in sample code snippet and added spacing in stanzas; 5. Cleaned up session keybinding wiki code; 6. Dropped reference to 'startx' instruction in .profile; 7. Fixed broken internal link to Display manager.
- 00:2200:22, 20 July 2025 diff hist +22,201 N User:John3-16/Hikari Created page with "{{TOC right}} {{Pkg|Hikari}} is a Wayland [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compositing_manager compositor]/[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Window_manager window manager][https://hub.darcs.net/raichoo/hikari heavily inspired] by {{Pkg|cwm}} window manager. It may be considered minimalist by some, installing at 1140 KiB as of July 2025 with no launchbar/taskbar/status bar by default. Supported protocols:- * {{Pkg|wlroots0.15}}, including [https://wayland..."
19 July 2025
- 22:3422:34, 19 July 2025 diff hist +108 User:John3-16/Compose key No edit summary current
- 22:2122:21, 19 July 2025 diff hist +1,122 Talk:How to get regular stuff working 1. Replied in agreement re page title obtuseness; 2. Proposed change of section title, 'Bash shell' to, say, 'Shell configuration'.
17 July 2025
- 13:3713:37, 17 July 2025 diff hist +145 N User talk:John3-16/Compose key Proposed page for deletion, as page is now available on main wiki. current
- 12:5712:57, 17 July 2025 diff hist +388 How to get regular stuff working 1. Added internal link to 'BusyBox' 2. Added guidance that alias files could, with review, be adapted as .ashrc and sourced; gave internal link to 'Shell aliases'. 3. Unclear reference "{{Main|Change default shell}}" in subheading removed, offering internal link to "Change default shell" in text instead.
15 July 2025
- 19:1019:10, 15 July 2025 diff hist +90 Compose key 1. Amended grammar, style. 2. Corrected "left bracket ')'" to "right bracket ')'". 3. Added external links (Wikipedia) for 'window manager' and 'compositor'. 4. Promoted 'Alternatives' section. current